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For Swiss architect Le Corbusier, an ideal design for living consisted of three essentials: light, space and greenery. Well, that is what characterizes Unit 404 at 332 Jamaicaway in Jamaica Plain, where mammoth insulated sliding windows pour sunlight, treetop views and a Jamaica Pond vista into the wide open-plan great room like never before. For only $299,000, this 829-square-foot, 2-bed, 2-bath penthouse studio loft awaits your creativity in living space planning.

The new oak floor is in place; the rest is up to you to shape your dream living-dining-entertaining arena.

Cypress Road in Brighton, a.k.a. Market Court, may recall Beacon Hill’s Louisburg Square or the South End’s Victorian residential squares in its English mews stateliness, but this old-school image belies the new-age studio loft feel of 4 Cypress Road’s penthouse Unit 405, now offered at a price well below either of those high-end communities: $215,000.
Furthermore, with the unit’s low 3% down-payment (approximately $1,165/month at a 5.4% 30-year fixed interest rate), it’s an affordable alternative to renting as well as living on the Hill or at the End.

Everybody has to start from the bottom and work their way up in life — and homebuying is no exception, as far as having to get in on the ground floor is concerned, because that’s where the prices tend to be lowest.
But Unit 7 at 396 Beacon St. in Boston’s big-bucks Back Bay is an exception to the usual dime-a-dozen digs a low budget buys you. For $409,000, here you get a 568-square-foot architect-designed open-plan studio with a gleaming hardwood floor and an unusually high ceiling for a unit at …

It may look small and simple on the outside, but wait ’til you get into 11C Waltham St.’s 557-square-foot, 1-bed Unit 2 and experience the studio space, elaborate detail, high ceilings and windows, high-end finishes and fixtures, and fabulous central location, all for only $349,000.

Unit 2‘s open plan studio layout is perfect for the first-time homebuyer who wants freedom and flexibility in living space arrangement, and who wants some of the artist studio spirit of the South End as a guiding light in that space-planning. The humongous windows, including a …

Built in 1916 as the Braemore Hotel to provide Back Bay luxury to those of modest means, the Braemore Condominium at 464 Commonwealth Ave. still does just that — especially in its 342-square-foot studio Unit 87, where rich historical details, a hardwood-floored open plan, an updated kitchen and bath, professional management, full building service including elevator and concierge, and one of the best locations in town can be all yours for only $249,000.

Step into the great room and be awestruck by the very idea of getting all of this at …

The classical grandeur of 24 Sidlaw Road in Brighton might make you think you have to fork up a fortune to dwell therein. But what’s less obvious to the onlooker is the 360-square-foot, 2-room Unit 21 that awaits the first-time homebuyer’s admiration and approval for only $149,900 — an unbelievable price for a penthouse studio as well as a dignified front entrance and a vibrant neighborhood.

Unit 21‘s chief asset is its open-plan versatility and flexibility: each room has more than one use. For instance, the living room is also …